96 Mr. H. Seebolim on the Phylloscopi 
Sylvia loquax , Herbert, White's Hist, of Selb. p. 55, note 
(1833). 
Sylvia brevirostris , Strickland, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 98. 
Phylloscopus habessinicus, Blanford, Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 
ser. 4, p. 329 (1869). 
Phylloscopus abyssinicus, Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss, 
p. 378 (1870). 
Phylloscopus brehmi, Homeyer, Erinn. a. d. Samml. Deut- 
schl. Ornith. 1870, p. 48. 
Bill slender , dark underneath. 
Upper parts greyish brown, dashed all over with yellowish 
green. Wings and tail greyish brown, with the outside 
edge of each feather broadly margined with yellowish 
green. Superciliary streak yellowish green. 
Head the same colour as the back. 
Underparts white, dashed all over with yellow, which is some¬ 
what buff on the breast and flanks. Axillaries, wing¬ 
lining, and thighs yellow. 
Third and fourth primaries longest. Fifth rather shorter. 
Sixth rather shorter. Seventh considerably shorter, and 
eighth rather shorter than the preceding. Second pri¬ 
mary considerably shorter than the sixth, frequently 
shorter than the seventh, and occasionally shorter than 
the eighth. 
Bastard primary medium, *5 to *65. 
No wing-bar. 
Length of wing—male 2*55 to 2*25, female 2*3 to 1*95. 
Length of tail—male 2*2 to 2*0, female 2*0 to 1*7. 
Legs dark brown. 
This species has a somewhat similar range to that of P. 
trochilus , but does not go so far north in summer, nor so far 
south in winter. It breeds in Central Europe, and winters 
on both shores of the Mediterranean, and has been found as 
far south as Abyssinia. 
I found it common in Norway as far north as Trondhjem ; 
and Collett told me he had once found it as far north as 65°. 
Col. Irby says it winters near Gibraltar, where a few remain 
to breed (Orn. Straits Gib. p. 90). It winters in Andalucia 
{Howard Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 213), Sardinia {Brooke, Ibis, 
1873, p. 243), Pisa {Giglioli, Ibis, 1865, p. 53), Malta ( Wright, 
